2gb to 4gb

mission68 · 31 Mar 2011 at 13:21

Hi i am running 2gig geil ddr2-800 in my machine windows7 32bit i was wondering if i added another 2gig would it make a difference

[Olly] · 31 Mar 2011 at 13:25

Depends on what you do with your system but generally the more RAM the better.

Just bear in mind with a 32bit OS it will only report and use about 3.5/3.4 gig of your 4 gig of RAM.

mission68 · 31 Mar 2011 at 13:40

Cheers olly i do a lot of photoshop and its seems to be running a bit slow my rig is a asus p5b 2.4 core duo ati redeon hd 5700 if that helps

Operation · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:12

I think you would notice a difference, although it won't be massive. Probably the cheapest way of speeding things up a little.

[Olly] · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:15

I'm no expert with photoshop but I do know that some of the rendering processes will eat up a lot of RAM, so the more you have the better.

This guide should help you out.

Admiral Huddy · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:20

http://www.huddysworld.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=224&catid=41&Itemid=73

Check your page file for current swapping level, this is always a good indication for additional capacity.

mission68 · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:24

Operation said:
I think you would notice a difference, although it won't be massive. Probably the cheapest way of speeding things up a little.

[Olly];18797771 said:
I'm no expert with photoshop but I do know that some of the rendering processes will eat up a lot of RAM, so the more you have the better.

This guide should help you out.

thanks for the reply think i will order another 2gig and see if it improves, another thing overclocking the processor will that make any difference

SouthEastBlue · 31 Mar 2011 at 14:35

Having a high processor speed will speed up any of the tasks you have to wait for, although by how much is dependant on what processor and how much it's overclocked. For Adobe Photoshop I doubt it will make a huge difference, although for something like video editing or converting a higher speed would help.

mikeyholt · 4 Apr 2011 at 11:18

Yes, you definetely will.

I had to go down from 4GB to 2GB for a short while as one of my sticks died. I definitely noticed the difference, and you will to.

Mnemonik · 5 Apr 2011 at 14:00

4gb is definitely the sweet spot for Windows 7. Anything less will slow it down, especially when you're using Photoshop - a lot of layers will eat your RAM and put everything else on the slow swap file.

I don't think you'd notice the difference between the 3.5gb and 4gb though that you'd get with 64-bit, but I'd recommend the OS upgrade anyway if it's in your budget. You'd be able to run Photoshop in x64 mode to use all your available memory too.